How does geography matter in the ethnic labor market segmentation process? A case study of Chinese immigrants in the San Francisco CMSA

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-201

  Wang, Qingfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; Ethnic niches; Gender; Residence; San Francisco; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CLASS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950881528     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903379083     Document Type: Article

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